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More students create cramped conditions in residence halls
Several resident students returned to Marywood this fall feeling a bit more claustrophobic than they expected.
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Follett manages Marywood bookstore
Photo Credit: Morgan Strasser The bookstore undergoes renovations under its new management company Follett. Sarah E. Cruz Staff Writer Students who purchased their books from the campus bookstore this summer may have noticed something’s a bit different—the store is now under new management. Effective August 2011, the Marywood bookstore, previously owned and operated by the [...]
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Rumors swell around Chartwell’s citation
Kelly Rickert Assistant News Editor Chartwells Dining Service was recently cited for “an unsanitary condition” in a report issued by a security officer, who will remain anonymous. According to Chartwells Resident District Manager, Thomas Notchick, the issue was with a dumpster outside Nazareth Hall that had insects on and near it. He emphasized that there [...]
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Survey claims students “unhappy”
Elysabethe Brown News Editor Marywood was recently ranked second for having the least happy student on Princeton Review’s annual list of the “Best 376 Colleges of 2012.” This new information has spurred mixed reactions in Marywood students and faculty alike. “I have heard students are surprised [at the results of the review], because they are [...]
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Society for Collegiate Journalists inducts founding members
The founding members of the Marywood University chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists! Front row (L to R): Jeremy Barket, Mandy Boyle, Elysabethe Brown, Owen Karoscik, Vincent Mecca, Shane Ostroski, and Joseph Petro. Back row (L to R): Lindsey Wotanis, adviser, Lisa Piccolo, Kendra Rafferty, Dave Scarnato, Sara Tompkins, Alison Trautmann and Ann Williams, [...]
Games
September: Crossword Solution
Posted on 09 October 2011
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Arts & Entertainment
What’s On TV This Fall
Posted on 05 October 2011
While you might be lamenting the end to your summer, one aspect of fall’s arrival is not depressing: the return of favorite television shows. If you are wondering what you will find when you turn on the television, look no further. Continue Reading
Sports
Always a winner
Posted on 25 September 2011
In a career that spanned sixteen years with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, “Ryno” was a ten-time All Star, making the mid-summer classic annually from 1984-93, as well as a perennial Gold Glove Award winner from 1983-91. Sandberg also won the Silver Slugger Award seven times, along with taking home the 1984 National League’s Most Valuable Player Award. In 1990, Sandberg won the Home Run Derby, the same year he hit forty home runs, a career best. His number “23” is retired and flies on a flagpole in centerfield of the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs Continue Reading
Arts & Entertainment
Borders, Electric Theatre Company closes doors
Posted on 25 September 2011
On July 18, Borders announced, after filing for bankruptcy earlier in the year, it would be closing almost four hundred stores permanently, including its Dickson City location. In a press release from Borders Group President Mike Edwards said that, “The headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, eReader revolution, and turbulent economy have brought us to where we are now.” Continue Reading
Arts & Entertainment
Shanghai Yue Opera visits Marywood
Posted on 25 September 2011
On September 10, the Shanghai Yue Opera performed “Butterfly’s Love” at Marywood University. The actresses of the company also engaged in a Q&A session with interested members of the public and engaged in a workshop with Marywood students. Continue Reading
Opinion
Bookstores play role in communities, democracy
Posted on 25 September 2011
It is, perhaps, a sign of the times. The bankruptcy-driven liquidation of bookstore operator Borders Group Inc. over the summer threatened to strip the Scranton area of one of its few remaining large-scale bookstores. Borders Group, which filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in February, failed to put together a feasible plan for survival, leading a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to force the company, and its 399 stores, into liquidation in July. Continue Reading
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